Assessing the impact of microfinance programming on children

An evaluation from post-tsunami Aceh

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ID3897448
AutoresLindsay Stark (0000-0002-8775-9735, Associate Professor, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University United States), Nafessa Kassim (Research assistant, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University United States), Thalia Sparling (0000-0002-8071-3232, Research assistant, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University United States), Dale Buscher (Senior Director for programmes at the Women's Refugee Commission New York United States), Gary Yu (0000-0002-8333-5222, Statistician, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University United States), Neil Boothby (0000-0002-0199-7434, Director at the Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University United States)
Año2015
Volumen39
Número2
Páginas295-315
Fecha de publicación2015-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDisasters (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/disa.12101
PMID25441225
PMCIDPMC4381782
OpenAlexW1965986502
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas17

This paper presents an evaluation of the long-term impact of microfinance programmes on Acehnese children during the post-tsunami recovery. The study, conducted from June to August 2010, examined the impact of microfinance programming six years after the tsunami. The sample consisted of 185 microfinance participants, with a comparison group of 192 individuals who did not participate in microfinance programmes. All respondents were parents, interviewed through a structured survey. The study used four child protection indicators-diet, health, childcare and education-in contrast to traditional repayment rate indicators. The primary results were insignificant with respect to all four child protection indicators, suggesting that, with respect to these indicators, there was no long-term difference between the impact of microfinance on beneficiaries' children and non-beneficiaries' children. These findings signify a need for microfinance actors to move beyond traditional indicators of economic success to evaluate the social changes microfinance programmes are presumed to effect

Business · Child health · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Family medicine · Impact evaluation · Microfinance · Social impact · Socioeconomics · Agricultural risk and resilience · Medicine · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare